I knew what I wanted to make, and thankfully the die I'd ordered arrived in time - but what a scrabble I had to find some forget me not blue card. Thankfully there was a little snippet hiding in the snippets folder - but of course, hindsight being 20/20 vision, I later remembered that I could have just coloured a snippet of white card with an appropriate blue Pro marker.

This is my very simple offering - do hop over to see the DT cards, as well as the entries to date, there are some real beauties there!

I used:- slightly smaller than 5" x 7" white card blank - a snippet of white card, embossed using a Couture Creations 'Compassionate' embossing folder, trimmed to just slightly smaller than the card front and glued in place- a white snippet, die cut using Spellbinders 'Labels Eighteen' and then a medium ball ended embossing tool run round the edge of the die whilst it was still in place to form a sharpened outer frame. Quicker than digging out the tan mat and then embossing the piece through the Cuttlebug- snippets of green and blue card, plus a Joanna Sheen Signature 'Forget Me Not' die- I'd backed the coloured card with Stick-It adhesive sheet prior to die cutting which made it really easy to pop the blue flowers on top of the green layer and also to add the teeny little blue buds- added the spray of forget me nots to the large die cut panel- stamped a sentiment from SU's (sadly discontinued) set called 'Sincere Salutations' using Memento 'London Fog' ink- die cut the sentiment with a smaller Labels Eighteen die and did the edging same as the larger piece

- the die set comes with a little extra sprig of flowers (plus some little flower heads which I didn't use) - so I added that below the sentiment- used a yellow sparkly gelly pen for the flower centres and then glued the two panels onto the embossed front of the card

If you like the forget me not die, make sure you check out the Snippets Playground on Sunday :)

Yep, I really like the forget-me-not die, and especially how you used it on this card! The labels 18 die cut panels look perfect for the image and sentiment, and that background embossing is stunning! Very pretty card!

Thank you thank you for entering your beautiful card in our new challenge and for the shout out, too, I appreciate it so much!! That die you have used is absolutely perfect for the challenge...our new challenge is next Wed and we hope you will come back...the challenge will be Brrrrr!

This is beautiful Miss. Forget me nots are one of my favourite flowers and in the package from the funeral directors was a packet which we will share between gardens in memory of Mum. HugsxxPS thank you so much for your card. xxx

So pretty Di! Love your sweet blue blooms. Just reminded me that I used a snippet in my last card, so I'm going to update my post and link up. I keep forgetting! At some point I hope it will become a habit! :) xx

Hello Di, with the elegant embossing and that pretty flower, your card is just perfect.Thanks for your comment on my kitchen blog. Things have been hard for me recently so I haven't crafted in forever, but I'm starting to feel the urge again, so watch this space :-)

PERFECTLY fabulous! We are SO GLAD you've come to join in our fun new challenge and thanks so much for the wonderful shout out! Greatly appreciated! LOVE your design ... just might have to 'steal' that idea ... looks quick, easy and FABULOUS!! Thanks again for joining in the fun at Double D Challenges! We hope you’ll come back often.

I don't normally wear a flower in my hair ...

..........just when I find one decorating a cocktail!

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I'm Diane (Di to most people), retired and I live in Hampshire, UK. The name Pixie's Crafty Workshop came about because my 'in-house critic' refers to 'The pixie being hard at work' whenever I'm playing with paper or other crafty stuff. And he's right, it's mostly when I should be doing other things :) I've always loved paper crafting - especially using scissors. Aged five and laid up with measles, in a fit of boredom I chopped my fringe right off! If it can be trimmed, then I'll trim it! In September 2018 we were joined by a darling bundle of fun, a Havanese dog named Dudley. He brightens up the most overclouded day and is an absolute delight. If that happiness and pure joy that radiates from him could be bottled - we'd be worth a fortune!

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